STOP CANNING!

[manybirds]

I stopped canning a while back--planted early, harvested early and all done for the year.
Does that make you feel better?

Hey--I DID stop....

lol not even a little! ur in texas so ur able to do that. we're not able to plant until memorial day and thats if we're lucky. then harvest is early because summer is short. thats why beans tomatoes and corn are the mane thing grown here

 

[SkyWarrior]

I would love to can--but I don't know how! Somebody help me.

 

[manybirds]

I would love to can--but I don't know how! Somebody help me.

first u need a pressure cooker and some canning jars. lots of salt if your doing veggies sugar if jams jellies etc. once you have those its pretty straight forward

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

I would love to can--but I don't know how! Somebody help me.

There is a lot you are able to can without a pressure cooker. If you check out the "Ball Blue Book" (go to the Ball Canning web site) you will get many recipes you can also just google Ball Blue Book recipes and get some. If you have a large pot you can do any recipe that say "water bath" which includes some jams, jellies, pickles, tomatoes, sauce, etc. It is a good start to see if you enjoy it. If you do, then you can invest in a pressure cooker and expand your horizons!

 

[marlowmanor]

I would love to can--but I don't know how! Somebody help me.

There is a lot you are able to can without a pressure cooker. If you check out the "Ball Blue Book" (go to the Ball Canning web site) you will get many recipes you can also just google Ball Blue Book recipes and get some. If you have a large pot you can do any recipe that say "water bath" which includes some jams, jellies, pickles, tomatoes, sauce, etc. It is a good start to see if you enjoy it. If you do, then you can invest in a pressure cooker and expand your horizons!

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We have both the regular water bath canner and we bought a pressure canner last year. Honestly we haven't used the pressure canner yet. We have just used the regular canner for everything so far that we have done. We are kind of nervous about using the pressure canner is one reason we haven't gotten it out this year. The other is we have been able to not use it because of what we have been canning.

 

[manybirds]

is cooking with the pressure cooker easier or the water bath? we always had an inherited pressure cooker we have used so we never used anything else

 

[marlowmanor]

is cooking with the pressure cooker easier or the water bath? we always had an inherited pressure cooker we have used so we never used anything else

I've only used the water bath so I can't say either way. I think the water bath is pretty easy myself.

 

[autumnprairie]

I am new to canning and I have used both a pressure cooker and the water bath canner. Pressure cook takes less time but you have to watch it and bring the heat down when the pressure gets to where it needs to be ( you don't want the jingle to be constant but intermitant) I hope that makes sense